Teachers Standards Framework
The new
Teachers Standards Framework outlines the
knowledge, skills and attitudes which class based
teachers need at each stage of their career from QTS
up to Advanced Skills Teacher.The Standards
include
Threshold Standards which teachers on Mainscale
need to look at when preparing to apply for
Threshold and also, for example, the standards for
Senior Teachers setting out expectations for teacher
post-threshold as well as those for Excellent
Teacher and Advanced Skills Teacher.
Middle Leadership
The advent of posts with Teaching and Learning
Responsibility (TLR) payments has refocused the
role of "Middle" leaders in school - and provides
a key first step into management / leadership for
teachers. The
National College for School Leadership (NCSL)
provides the best starting point for current and
aspiring Team Leaders to consider their own CPD
and career development.
Within Birmingham information and guidance
about locally delivered NCSL programmes for Middle
Leaders is available from the
Adviser for Middle Leaders.
Keeping a personal portfolio
A
professional development portfolio is a
confidential and entirely voluntary collection of
physical and / or electronic material that records
and reflects the work you have undertaken. It is a
way of using your experiences and current
activities to demonstrate and reflect on:
- Skills learned and impact that you have made
- Identify future learning needs and
priorities
- Inform and plan prospective learning
development
It provides a mechanism, together with your
performance review, for thinking about your work
practice in a planned and systematic way.
Local Opportunities for training and professional
development
The School Effectiveness unit provides a
range of
programmes and courses for teachers
covering many aspects of your professional
development -
you should also talk with your Team Leader and the
school's CPD Co-ordinator.
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